OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Language Assessment Quarterly is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessing Interactional Competence: ICE versus a Human Partner	19
At the Intersection of Language Testing Policy, Practice, and Research: An Interview with Yan Jin	18
Assessing Pre-Service Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Language Testing for Citizenship Through LAMAS (Language Accreditation for Migration Attitudes Scale)	16
Content Analysis of Test Taker Responses on an AP Japanese Computer-Simulated Conversation Test: A Mixed Methods Approach for A Validity Argument	14
Aligning Language Frameworks: An Example with the CLB and CEFR	14
Validity Arguments for Automated Essay Scoring of Young Students’ Writing Traits	12
Looking Back and Forward: Language Assessment Insights from Constant Leung	12
An Interview with Timothy Francis McNamara	12
Advancing Language Assessment with AI and ML–Leaning into AI is Inevitable, but Can Theory Keep Up?	11
A Review on Language Assessment Literacy: Trends, Foci and Contributions	10
L2 writing assessment: An evolutionary perspective	10
Washback into an Ecosystem of Teaching, Learning and Testing within Asia and Beyond: An Interview with Liying Cheng	9
The Role of Gazing Behaviors in Navigating Paired Role-Play Interactional Competence Assessment Tasks	9
Labor-Based Grading Contracts: Building Equity and Inclusion in the Writing Classroom	8
The Academic Achievement of Undergraduate Students with Different English Language Proficiency Profiles	8
The Development and Initial Validation of O-WSVLT, a Meaning-Recall Online L2 Spanish Vocabulary Levels Test	7
The Passage is Too Brief for Comprehension: On the Construct Validity of the English Reading Section in the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test	7
At the Interface of Language Testing and Language Teaching: An Interview with Lianzhen He	7
Assessing English for Professional Purposes	6
Dimensionality of Written Accuracy: Exploring the Factor Structure of Linguistic Accuracy Measures	6
The Use of Assistive Technologies Including Generative AI by Test Takers in Language Assessment: A Debate of Theory and Practice	6
Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice *Learning-Oriented Language Assessment: Putting Theory into Practice*	5
Learning to Assess: Cultivating Assessment Capacity in Teacher Education	5
A Study on Peer Mediation in Dynamic Assessment of Translation Revision Competence	5
Developing and Validating a Computerized Adaptive Testing System for Measuring the English Proficiency of Taiwanese EFL University Students	5

Automatic Speaking Assessment of Spontaneous L2 Finnish and Swedish	5
Application of Bi-factor MIRT and Higher-order CDM Models to an In-house EFL Listening Test for Diagnostic Purposes	4
Informing Q-Matrix Specification with Exploratory Factor Analysis in Cognitive Diagnostic Assessment of Language Comprehension	4
Second Language Identity: Awareness, Ideology, and Assessment in Higher Education	4
Assessing Academic English for Higher Education Admissions	4
Gazing into Cognition: Eye Behavior in Online L2 Speaking Tests	4
Ethics and Context in Second Language Testing: Rethinking Validity in Theory and Practice.	4
Promoting Change in Language Teaching and Assessment at Policy and Practice Levels: An Interview with Hossein Farhady	4
Investigating Second Language (L2) Reading Subskill Associations: A Cognitive Diagnosis Approach	4
Twenty Years of Language Assessment Quarterly : An Interview with LAQ Founder Antony Kunnan	3
Fostering Self-Regulated Young Writers: Dynamic Assessment of Metacognitive Competence in Secondary School EFL Class	3
Test Review: ACTFL Assessment of Performance Toward Proficiency in Languages (AAPPL)	2
Remote Proctoring in Language Testing: Implications for Fairness and Justice	2
An Empirical Evaluation of Lexical Diversity Indices in L2 Korean Writing Assessment	2
Another Generation of Fundamental Considerations in Language Assessment: A Festschrift in Honor of Lyle F. Bachman	2
L2 Speaking Assessment in Secondary School Classrooms in Japan	2
The Role of Vocabulary in Speaking: Voices from Learners and Raters	2
Validity Arguments in Language Testing: Case Studies of Validation Research	2
Comparability Between Graded Readers and the Common Test in Japan in Terms of Text Difficulty Perceived by Learners	2
Talking and Thinking About Systems: An Interview with Nick Saville	1
Technology-Enhanced Items in Grades 1–12 English Language Proficiency Assessments	1
On the Interplay Between Conceptions of Assessment and Assessment Agency: Perspectives of Iranian EFL Preservice Teachers	1
Examining the Scoring of Content Integration in a Listening-Speaking Test: A G-Theory Analysis	1
Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment: Transdisciplinary Perspectives, Social Theories, and Validity	1
Test Takers’ Attitudes Toward Varieties of Accents in Listening Tasks of the Duolingo English Test (2021 test version)	1
EFL Development of Micro Reading Abilities: The Impact of Three Intervention Approaches Informed by Diagnostic Language Assessment	1
Dynamic Assessment of the Learning Potential of Chinese as a Second Language	1
A Three-Step DIF Analysis of a Reading Comprehension Test Across Regional Dialects to Improve Test Score Validity	1
Using Multistage Testing to Enhance Measurement of an English Language Proficiency Test	1
Promoting Learning Potential among Students of L2 Chinese through Dynamic Assessment	1
Advancing L2 Dynamic Assessment: Innovations in Chinese Contexts	1
In Memoriam: Timothy Francis McNamara (1949-2023)	1
Test Review: LanguageCert IESOL B1 (Achiever) SELT	1
Developing a Scenario-Based English Language Assessment in an Asian University	1